THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ONE ASHBURTON PLACE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108 (617) 727-2200 www.mass.gov/ago May 13, 2024 OML 2024 99 VIA EMAIL ONLY Jonathan Simpson Associate Town Counsel for the Town of Brookline jsimpson@brooklinema.gov RE: Open Meeting Law Complaint Dear Attorney Simpson: This office received a complaint from Carolyn Thall on September 11, 2023, alleging that a subcommittee of the Brookline

The disability must be certified by a physician's affidavit every three (3) months, and the Authority retains the right to require the employee to be examined by the Town of Brookline Health Department. SECTION 4; Seniority List The Authority shall post a seniority list upon execution of this Agreement, and yearly thereafter during the month of January.

See Town of Brookline, 20 MLC 1570 (1994). The Union hereby demands that you defer any change and fulfill your obligation to bargain with the Union during contract negotiations concerning such a change. If you fail to do so you will force the Union into filling an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) and taking any other legal action deemed appropriative. I look forward to work with the Town.

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...................................................................16 ARTICLE XV DURATION ....................................................................................................17 APPENDIX A ..........................................................................................................................18 2 AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made and entered into as of the 1st day of July 1, 2009 by and between the SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN

Town of Brookline, 23 MCSR 159 (2010); Byrnes v. Massachusetts Parole Board, 22 MSCR 502, further considered, 22 MCSR 692 (2009). 4 Chief Stanleys Residence G.L.c.31, 58 mandates a residency requirement for civil service public safety employees.

See 5 also Town of Brookline v. Alston, 487 Mass. 278 (2021) (analyzing broad scope of the Commissions jurisdiction to enforce basic merit principles under civil service law). Law enforcement officers are vested with considerable power and discretion and must be held to a high standard of conduct: Police officers are not drafted into public service; rather they compete for their positions.

See also Town of Brookline v. Alston, 487 Mass. 278 (2021) (analyzing broad scope of the Commissions jurisdiction to enforce basic merit principles under civil service law). STANDARD FOR SUMMARY DISPOSITION The Commission may, on motion or upon its own initiative, dismiss an appeal at any time for lack of jurisdiction or for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. 801 CMR 1.01(7)(g)(3).

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records April 6, 2023 SPR23/0409 Amanda Williams Records Clerk Brookline Police Department 350 Washington Street Brookline, MA 02445 Dear Ms. Williams: I have received the petition of Jennifer Gangadharan appealing the response of the Brookline Police Department (Department) to a request for public records.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records March 16, 2023 SPR23/0409 Amanda Williams Records Clerk Brookline Police Department 350 Washington Street Brookline, MA 02445 Dear Ms. Williams: I have received the petition of Jennifer Gangadharan appealing the response of the Brookline Police Department (Department) to a request for public records.